Stoke City 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2017

Result

Stoke City 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 2-0 Watford: match report

Stoke City defeated Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 January 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ryan Shawcross opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Ryan Shawcross (45+3') and Peter Crouch (49'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 15th on 21 points from 19 and Watford 12th on 22 points from 19. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Watford 17th with 40.

Stoke City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Watford in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Adam of Stoke City (8.4), ahead of Ryan Shawcross (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Watford's L-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Andrea PirloStoke City
  • 45+3'Goal · Ryan ShawcrossStoke City · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Peter CrouchStoke City · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Christian KabaseleWatford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 1, Watford 1.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (3-4-3)

Lee Grant, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Mame Diouf, Joe Allen, Charlie Adam, Erik Pieters, Jonathan Walters, Peter Crouch, Marko Arnautovic

Watford line-up (3-5-1-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Christian Kabasele, Adlène Guédioura, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Troy Deeney